It’s among the music industry’s great ironies that today, beyond reggae circles, Jimmy Cliff could very well be better known for his film performances than his music. Also following a string of strikes, the vocalist never quite were able to break right into the mainstream, although he appeared poised for …

b. 20 Feb 1918, Portland, Oregon, USA, d. 13 Might 1987, LA, California, USA. Learning music from age four, Moore became an achieved pianist and by enough time that he graduated from your University or college of Washington in Seattle experienced decided upon a profession in music. He used several …

b. 27 Sept 1885, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, d. 18 Dec 1943, NY, USA. A significant lyricist within the 20s and 30s, McCarthy sang in cafes and worked well for music web publishers before writing tunes such as for example ‘That Dreamy Italian Waltz’, ‘That’s How I WANT You’ and ‘I …

A Northern spirit duo who recorded the single “Raised” in 1995 but had to hold back two years for this to become hit, the Lighthouse Family members was formed in Newcastle by vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and programmer/key pad participant Paul Tucker. Both have been blessed in London, though Baiyewu resided …

b. c. 1962, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Britain. Oxley’s parents had been musically willing and his mom performed violin. At his mom’s urging, he had taken a unique apprenticeship producing violin bows. Attracted to the guitar being a youngsters, he performed in rock rings, like the Suffolk-based group, Kashmir. From …

Hard rockers Magnum got their begin in Birmingham, Britain, within the mid-’70s. The band’s 1st recording, Kingdom of Madness, arrived in 1978, correct amid the punk rock and roll musical trend. That timing could be one element adding to the band’s unknown position. Magnum II premiered in 1979. After considerable …

Not only is it the drummer within the Grammy winning, platinum-selling rock-band Toto, Jeff Porcaro was arguably probably the most highly regarded studio room drummer in rock and roll from the middle-’70s to the first ’90s. His playing was sharp and exact, propulsive without having to be showy and throughout …

A collaboration between veteran producer/guitarist/DJ Keith Lowndes and long-time Heaven 17 vocalist Glenn Gregory (who’s also a producer/composer), the London-based Honeyroot was one of the kinder, gentler acts to emerge in the United kingdom electronica picture in the first 2000s. Honeyroot can be an suitable name for Gregory and Lowndes’ …

By enough time White Noise’s debut album, A POWER Storm, found its way to 1969, the Moog synthesizer had currently started to produce tentative appearances on pop information by famous brands the Monkees and Simon & Garfunkel. Even more primitive shade generators got also supplied spacy results for bands just …

Probably one of the most interesting and difficult-to-categorize performers in ’60s pop, Gene Pitney had an extended run of strikes distinguished by his pained, one-of-a-kind melodramatic wail. Pitney may also be characterized (or dismissed) like a shallow teenager idol-type susceptible to operatic ballads. It’s accurate that a few of his …